Paula galinsky
09/20/2020 - 15:53
Clarín.com
Society
"I need to obtain Italian citizenship, does anyone have a manager to recommend?", "What are the requirements for a work visa in the United States?", "I want to leave the country, I have Polish grandparents, can you help me with the Procedure?".
Many Argentines make inquiries of this style on social networks
.
The desire to try your luck outside evidently exists.
But, what are the chances of completing a project abroad during the pandemic?
From said to fact there is a long way
, the saying goes.
And, in this case, it applies.
Beyond the affective limitations that can stop a decision of these characteristics, there are
bureaucratic and economic obstacles, which were aggravated by the pandemic and by the crisis
.
Having foreign citizenship, in order to legally establish and work in another country, is not as easy as some people think.
Santiago Álvarez (31) knows it, he is one of those who is still trying to obtain his Italian passport to be able to settle there.
“I always wanted to live outside.
When I was a child I saw Italian citizenship only as a benefit to easily enter Europe or go through some airports, now I think it
is a tool to leave,
”says Santiago, who is a lawyer and says he is willing to work in something other than Argentina.
"You hear that people who go to Europe, for example, do less skilled jobs but have a better quality of life," he says.
Although he clarifies that he would like to be able to do a doctorate or postgraduate degree linked to his profession to continue with opportunities related to Law.
The idea of moving to another country also has to do with your feeling distressed by the local situation.
“
I cannot plan, my salary is getting smaller with inflation, I am limited
.
That affects my state of mind ”, he shares.
He has an Italian great-grandfather, so he tried to take a turn to manage citizenship.
“
It was impossible
.
In March they disabled the page, it is supposed that in October it will work again.
Before it was already collapsed.
You had to enter three times a week at 00 in Italy and click on the shift available in green.
When you went to the next page, that date stopped appearing or appeared in red, it no longer existed ”, he laments.
And he assures that it is
"very frustrating"
.
I want to leave the country and I plan to do it and I know that it will not be easy because I will have to study and work at the same time and I will be alone on my own but I will have a better life than the one I will ever have here and my children will thank me when this country is the garbage dump of the world
- Agustín Espino🐍 (@ AgustnEspino4) September 19, 2020
The other option to become Italian is to travel and start the procedure in that country.
“First you have to hire a manager to explain to you what papers you need, with stamps from which places and, at the same time, where you have to present them.
I already consulted,
that comes out between 3,000 and 4,000 euros,
”warns Santiago.
And he adds: “Then you have to pay the ticket and the stay for three months in Italy, because they ask you to fix your residence.
During that time you cannot legally work there.
It is a fortune but there are people who take it as an investment.
My brother wants to leave but on his own, without the assistance of the manager ”, he details.
In the framework of the pandemic, even if the person has the thousands of euros necessary to settle in Italy for three months, they must wait for the flights for tourists to be enabled.
Che I want to leave the country but I do not dare to go alone.
Can anyone join me?
I have European citizenship for the de facto union😊
- Franca (@francahre) May 21, 2019
The delays also affect those who wish to obtain Spanish citizenship
.
As explained from the embassy of that country to
Clarín
, about a month ago they reopened their offices in Argentina and are attending to queries that had been pending when they had to suspend their activities due to Covid 19.
The registration of births of children of Spaniards is taking between 3 and 4 months and
the procedures for children of Spaniards who want to apply for nationality take about a year
.
Eliana Diehl, who is Argentine, lives in Spain and today manages the Facebook group "Argentines emigrating to Spain", she says that
the queries received in the group increased 30% in the last time
.
Questions on this topic began in the middle of last year but increased with the pandemic.
“
About 80 people a day
are asking to join the group
.
Before they were about 40 ”, says Eliana.
The outlook for entering the United States is even more limited.
"Due to the coronavirus, we are only processing emergency visas for exceptional situations," they say from the US embassy.
Well people, once again reaffirmed that it is not worth continuing to live in Argentina, I go out to seek my Spanish citizenship
- Sebas (@Sebaas_ibanez) September 16, 2020
Ignacio Garay (22), who is a Business Administration student, has the same intention as Santiago.
"I have wanted to live in another place for a long time, learn about another culture, speak another language," he says, although he says that now he began inquiries to obtain Polish citizenship because of "the situation in the country."
“It's
getting harder and harder for me
.
In geographical terms, Argentina is beautiful.
The people, very warm.
I feel like I'm going to miss all of that, in addition to my ties, family, and friends.
But it's hard for me to imagine myself here.
I don't know if I'm going to be able to develop professionally ”, he reflects.
He is tired of the economic crises and also of the political class.
“I am not referring to a particular party or government.
I feel that the system is failing and that there is a whole generation that is going to live with all these problems, ”he says.
He was looking for job options in Spain.
“I got into the most popular platforms and there are offers, although not too many.
Anyway, I can't move forward with that until I get citizenship and I'm not doing well ”, he acknowledges.
He contacted a manager who confirmed that he has to request documentation from Warsaw, the Polish capital, about his great-grandparents.
“She told me that she is not doing that part of the investigation, that I have to take care of myself.
Already there I ran into the first obstacle, "he says.
“To that you have to add the fees of the manager for when you get the papers.
They are in dollars and today it is difficult to save
”, he warns.
"You have to marry someone who already has citizenship," he jokes.
And remember a post you saw these days on Twitter.
“A boy uploaded a photo posing with his European passport and wrote: 'Go to Tinder'”, he adds, laughs and becomes serious again.
“I will continue with the process at the embassy, although
I will
surely
have to wait for the pandemic to pass
.
The desire to live abroad is there, but I am aware that it is not going to happen overnight ”.
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